Judgment_paragraph 41 · Proceedings brought by E. E (C-80/19)

41As the Advocate General observes, in essence, in point 42 of his Opinion and as is apparent from the case-law of the Court, an interpretation of the provisions of Regulation No 650/2012, according to which the habitual residence of the deceased at the time of his or her death could be established in several Member States, would lead to a fragmentation of the succession, given that that residence is the condition for the purposes of applying the general rules set out in Articles 4 and 21 of that regulation, under which both the jurisdiction of the courts to adjudicate on a succession as a whole and the law applicable pursuant to that regulation, which is intended to govern a succession as a whole, are determined in relation to that residence. Consequently, that interpretation would be incompatible with the objectives of that regulation (see, to that effect, judgments of 12 October 2017, Kubicka, C‑218/16, EU:C:2017:755, paragraph 57, and of 21 June 2018, Oberle, C‑20/17, EU:C:2018:485, paragraphs 53 to 55).